The First Denim Show in Vietnam by Denimsandjeans.com concluded with a encouraging response on June 17 at Gem Center, Ho Chi Minh City. With 1,025 visitors in two days to the invite only show, the market showed great interest in the event. Vietnam is the fastest growing apparel exporting country in the world with about $27 billion of exports of garments and textiles in 2015 and expected to grow to $30 billion in 2016.

The show was inaugurated on June 16th and 37 exhibitors from different regions participated including five companies from Vietnam. Top buyers, retailers, brands and factories from Vietnam and from other parts of the world including USA, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, Italy, Spain, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Cambodia and New Zealand etc visited this show from the very first day of this show.

Besides the trade show, there were four key seminars organised by Denimsandjeans.com. On the first day of the show, Jeanologia from Spain held a seminar titled – ‘Vietnam Horizon 2020’ by Borja Trenor Casanova and the focus of the presentation was to analyse the past and current situation of Vietnam as a denim manufacturing and exporting country and how technology is transforming the denim industry and is bringing Vietnam up as a key player in the supply chain. The seminar also focused on technology and sustainable solutions in the context of the Vietnamese Apparel Industry.